How can the stylus type play a role if it's not in the groove? 
Dont Know. But at this point after 20-30 years of digital I'll take my chances.
Just trying to get my new/used TT setup currectly.
It's been a long time coming.
At this point I'm open to everybody's opinion's about the proper setup of a TurnTable/cart/step-up transformer/phono pre/tweaks ext.